March 15 - 17, 2019

Think Big, Plan Small: How to Use Continual Planning

Friday - Mar 15 1:15 PM
- WINCHESTER

Johanna Rothman

Speaker, Consultant, Author for managing product development

Many agile teams (and programs) attempt to plan for an entire quarter at a time. Something changes—a better product opportunity, or a product development problem—and the quarter’s plan is not just at risk. That plan is now impossible. Instead of quarterly planning, consider continual planning. Continual planning allows a project or a program to use small deliverables to plan for the near future and replan often to deliver the most value.

About roadmaps and what they are supposed to show us

Problems with Big Planning

Rolling wave planning at any wavelength

When things change and what happens to the roadmap

How Minimum Viable Experiments and Minimum Viable Products help and the difference between them.

Three options for alternate planning, including lean roadmapping

Problems big planning masks and how to use smaller planning to everyone's benefit

About Johanna Rothman

Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” provides frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams see problems and resolve risks and manage their product development.

Johanna was the Agile 2009 conference chair. She was the co-chair for the Agile Practice Guide, a collaboration between the Agile Alliance and the PMI. Johanna is the author of these books: